Interviews

Program Highlights

Resident Melanie Sion, MD featured in US News and World Report's "Americal's Best Graduate Schools"

Jefferson is the second oldest medical school/hospital in the country.

Sidney Kimmel Medical College is America’s largest private medical school.

Clinical Training at Jefferson provides a well-rounded general surgery education with clinical rotations in each of the general surgery subspecialties and significant operating experience in a variety of training environments

Boards: For the past 10 years, 98 percent of graduating Jefferson surgical residents have passed both the written and oral boards. Of residents who complete Jefferson's surgical program more than 80 percent seek further specialty training, while the remainder enter general surgery practice.

Year of Research: Residents spend one to two years in the laboratory (typically basic science) usually between the PGY3 and 4 years and generally work within one of the laboratories within the Department.

Thursday Conferences are “protected time” – NO PAGERS. Thursday mornings are dedicated to resident education from 7 A.M. to 11 A.M. Sessions include weekly M & M conferences, Grand Rounds, didactic lectures by attending surgeons and residents, journal clubs, case presentations and other interactive learning sessions. Residents are excused from patient care responsibilities during these lectures and activities. Pagers are collected and answered by the Education Division secretary of the Department of Surgery or by one of the physician extenders on the clinical service.

Laparoscopic and Simulation Training Laboratory: The Surgical Skills Lab provides residents with the resources to enhance their basic suturing and knot tying skills, both in open and laparoscopic surgery, as well as practice their endoscopic skills and perform competently advanced laparoscopic skills.

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